Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADvIcEs BY TELEGRAM.

"A telegram from the life saving station
at Point Judith, R. l., stated that large
ship was anchored nine miles from the
station and that gale of wind was blow
ing. The vessel was believed to be the
training ship Portsmouth, which sailed
from New York the other day. All life
saving crews within reach were hurried to
the scene. The ship had several hundred
souls on board, and should her anchor
drag great loss of life is feared, as she Will
drift on the dangerous rocks off Point
Judith. Admiral Luce sent the Dolphin
to render all possible assistance to the
training ship.
William NJ. Morrison, of Shenandoah
Junction, w. Va, has filed suit for
$4,000 damages against Commissioner
Atkins and two Of his clerks, for having
failed to pay him S1,s0O as per an act of
congress of March last. in payment in
full for supplies furnished in 1860. .,ss
st. Paul is to have q new evening
paper. Gray, of the Kansas City Times,
is said to be the leading spirit in the enter
prise, which is we'll backed and has a cash
capital of $4,000 with which to begin bus
mess. The first issue will appear Nov.
Is. The press has already been bought,
and member of the firm is now in Chi
cago purchasing the rest of the outfit. The
name of the paper will be the st. Paul
Nens.
The trial of DR.. St. John, Levi Dell
and Capt. Freer, of Chicago, for conspiracy
in the McGarigle escape, which was set for
trial October "a, by agreement of counsel
has been postponed to November IA.
1t is reported upon undeniable au-
thority that the marriage of Secretary
Bayard and Miss Sophia Markoe will take
place early in the winter. They have been
seen great deal together of late. Miss
Markoe is handsome woman about SO
years of age, and is regarded as the best
amateur pianist in Washington. She has
been q clerk in the state department
for many years. She belongs to the we'll
known Markoe family of Philadelphia.
An indignation meeting was called at
Woodford county, Galway, under the aus
pices of the British home rule union. The
meeting was proclaimed by the government,
and when Sir Wilfred Blunt mounted the
platform to speak the magistrate forbade
him to hold the meeting. Blunt defied
them, whereupon the police threw him
frCy fha LOFT
platform and was again thrown off.
Then, pale and breathless, he shouted:
stAre you such id towards that you
dare not arrest me2" The district inspec-
tor replied: 'I arrest you," whereupon
Blunt was seized and marched off under
escort, his wife following.
Custer, M. T., special says: Pre-
parations to close in upon the Grows ore
about completed. Two troops will be sent
here from Ft. Missoula, making eighteen
in all. The two camphnies that come from
Cheyenne carry 80 days rations and 200
rounds of ammunition. The authorities
evidently intend to overawe the Indiana SO
as to make fight unnecessary, but do not
disclose the plan to be pursued. All the
young Cheyennes have joined Sword
Bearers gang.
-Twenty-three now cases of yellow
fever and two deaths ore reported at
Tampa, Fla.
"A terrific snow storm ragged at Gay
lord, Mich. for two days, and the snow is
eight inches deep.